Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deng Adel

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Rlendog (talk) 18:43, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deng Adel

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As a college basketball player Adel has no default notability. The sources are largely just routine coverage of games and performances by players, and not enough to justify an article at this time. John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:00, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep On watching him play on 2/22/2017 (and being unfamiliar wit team members), my wife & I both felt a strong feeling to find out his background (we always turn to Wikipedia first); a great story of family fleeing a desperate situation and then him rising through many opportunities! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poptop43 (talk • contribs) 03:47, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Reliable sources in Australia (as listed in the article already) document his unusual rise to his current position. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 15:20, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Grahame (talk) 23:49, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:NBASKETBALL. WWGB (talk) 23:54, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Cannot see sufficient for GNG depth, almost entirely routine sports reporting. TOOSOON. Compare with Rachel Antoniadou, who has represented Australian internationally and won Gold at that level. Aoziwe (talk) 03:00, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are you claiming that you can't find two good articles among the sources already in the article? Unscintillating (talk) 23:25, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No. I just do not see the relativity of notability to many other AfDs. It seems to rely a lot on minor / trivial events in the overall scheme of things. I am happy to stand corrected but given that the article is almost entirely about his basketball activity how does it meet WP:NBASKETBALL. I suspect it is just TOOSOON. Aoziwe (talk) 12:10, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar with the history of WP:NBASKETBALL, but it doesn't appear to be an applicable guideline for this topic, while GNG is applicable. Unscintillating (talk) 23:44, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but I do not follow your point. Other editors here too have thought the article was related to basketball and below it has been sort listed against basketball. Why do you think basketball is not relevant here? Aoziwe (talk) 02:54, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If the article meets WP:GNG it doesn't matter if it meets a sport-specific guideline or not. The sport-specific guideline is meant to illustrate who would meet GNG. GNG is the standard. Saying something meets or doesn't meet WP:NBASKETBALL alone is not a good reason to keep or delete any article. Rikster2 (talk) 18:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Rikster2 (talk) 20:17, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Not much to see here, lots of sources are already to be found just by looking at the article, sources from two continents no less...easy GNG, not a hoax. No one is arguing IAR here. Unscintillating (talk) 23:25, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Unscintillating (talk) 23:43, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources, passing WP:GNG. Hack (talk) 04:37, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 01:08, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, for reasons previously discussed. João Do Rio (talk) 05:53, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Passes WP:GNG as discussed above, so it doesn't matter whether he meets WP:NBASKETBALL. Smartyllama (talk) 14:53, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As noted, meets GNG. Rikster2 (talk) 16:13, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.